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37. The Survivor (Tania Head)

Swindled

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The Importance of Exaggeration in Surviving 9-11

Charles Geils claimed to be a Port Authority Officer Number 1236 at ground zero. But Mark Meyer, the officer who gave him that number, said he was never inside the building and had never met Charles Geils. In 2013, an investigative reporter for News 12 New Jersey tracked down Meyer and debunked Geils' story. Tanya Head shares her remarkable story with the world on this episode of Swindled.

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